Socio-economic overview in August and the first eight months of 2010

REPORT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC OVERVIEW OF AUGUST AND THE EARLY EIGHT MONTHS OF 2010

THE OVERVIEW:

I. ECONOMY:

1. Manufacturing:

1.1.           Industry - construction:

The gross output estimated in the first eight months is 69,463.7 bill. dongs (at fixed 1994 price), getting 68.5% of the plan, rising 17.5% compared to the same period.

a.                  Industrial manufacture:

The estimated industrial output in August 2010  is 8627.4 bill. dongs, up 2% or 25.6% of the plan and in the whole eight months the output is 66,568.7 bil.dongs, up 17.5% or 68.5% of the plan.

Specifically, the Central State Ownership gains, in August, 791.96 bill. dongs , up 7% against the previous month and in the whole eight months 6027.8 bill.dongs,  rising 2.8% compared to the same period and gaining 64.1% of the plan.

The local State ownership gains, in August, 257.9 bill. dongs, up 1% against the previous month and in the whole eight months 1885.3  bill.dongs, rising 2.7% over the same period and gaining 58% of the plan.

The non-state ownership gains, in August, 1112.9 bill. Dongs,  up 1.3% against the previous month and in the whole eight months 8517.7  bill.dongs, rising 18.4% over the same period and gaining 66% of the plan

The foreign ownership gains, in August, 6464.6 bill. Dongs,  up 1.6% against the previous month and in the whole eight months 50,138  bill.dongs, rising 20% over the same period and gaining 70% of the plan.

·                     Key industrial sectors:

In the first eight months, eight out of nine industrial sectors all over the province have their output value increased against the same period as followed:

+ Building material exploitation and production: the output goes up 13.4% over the same period

+ Agricultural produce and foods processing: the output increases by 25.2% against the same period

+ Textile, garment and footwear: the output increases by 22.3% against the same period

+ Wood and bamboo processing: the output increases by 15.3% against the same period

+ Paper and Publishing: the output increases by  5.3% against the same period

+ Chemicals, rubber and plastic: the output increases by 9.3% against the same period

+ Machinery: the output increases by 19% against the same period

+ Electricity and Electronics: the output increases by 9.8% against the same period

+ Power and Water: the output is just as 71.2% as much as the same period. The reason for this low output is Tri An Hydropower Plant reduced  generating power due to prolonged dry season

1.2. Farming production:

Winter/spring paddy: the total planted area up to August 12, 2010 is 74, 874ha, gaining 92.6% of the plan and 91.5% as much as the same period (the productivity is reduced compared to the same period due to prolonged dry season and some areas of annual plants have low economic efficiency so farmers have changed to more productive perennial plants). This area includes 47,450ha of cereals (93% of the plan, up 89.9% over the same period); 13082ha of vegetable and bean (87% of the plan, or 88.1% over the same period); 6300 food crops (85% of the plan, 82% as much as the same period)and 6484 annual industrial crops (105.3% of the plan, up 4.7% over the same period)

The planted area of winter/spring paddy of districts and Bien Hoa City

2.                  Trade, service, import-export and tourism:

2.1.1.   Domestic market:

Total estimated retail sales value in August is 4689.6 bill. dongs, up 2.8% against the previous month, and in the first eight months 32,861.3 bill.dongs, 57.4% of the plan, up 26.3% over the same period, of which Trade sector, restaurant –hotel sector, service sector and tourism sector gain 27.010bill. dongs (up 25.5%), 2450.3 bill. dongs (up 33.6%), 3386.8 bill. dongs (up 27.4%) and 14.1 bill. dongs (up 23.5%) respectively.

State economic sector:

Estimated total retail sales in August is 358.2 bill. dongs, up 2.4% against the previous month and in the first eight months is 2355.2 bill.dongs, gaining 61.4% of the plan, up 17.6% over the same period

Non state economic sector:

Total retail sales in August is 4079.95 bill. dongs, up 2.9% against the previous month and in the first eight months is 28,446.4 bill.dongs, gaining 56.3% of the plan, up 27.3% over the same period

Foreign-invested sector:

Total retail sales in August is 251.5 bill. dongs, up 2.4% against the previous month and in the first eight months is 2059.7 bill.dongs, gaining 71.6% of the plan, up 22.5% over the same period

2.2.2. Market price:

Price index in August compared to July went up 0.12% and 5.05% compared to December 2009

Gold and USD index: up to August 17, 2010, gold price has reduced 0.95% compared to the previous month and risen 0.4% compared to December 2009; USD price has gone up 0.55% compared to the previous month and 0.56% compared to December 2009

2.1.3. Post and Telecommunications

Revenues of this sector in August is 162.5 bill. Dongs and in the first eight months is 1586 bill.dongs, gaining 81.33% of the plan. The telephone rate in August is 123.1 pieces over 100 people

Rate of local population having access to the internet in August is 20.4%

2.1.4. Finance:

Budget revenues: total budget revenues in the first eight months is 12,490.328 bill. dongs (including 410.243 bill. dongs gained grom lottery), getting 87% compared to the estimate and up 44% compared to the same period

Budget expenditure: total local budget expenditure in the first eight months is 4320 bill. dongs, getting 67% compared to the estimate and up 56% compared to the same period

2.1.5. Banking activities:

Capital source: local mobilized capital till August 31, 2010 is estimated at 45,054 bill. dongs, up 13.9% compared to December 31, 2009. This capital includes 27,131 bill. dongs from savings, (accounting for 60.2% of the total capital, up 25.1% compared to December 31, 2009) and 17,923 bill. dongs from economic organizations (accounting for 39.8% of the total capital, up 0.21% compared to December 31, 2009)

Outstanding loans: the total outstanding by late August 2010 is estimated 40,544 bill.dongs, up 10.2% compared to December 31, 2009. Specifically, short-term outstanding is 26,788 bill. Dongs, up 6.6%; medium and long-term outstanding loans  is 13,756 bill. dongs (accounting for 33.93% of the total outstanding,  up 18.1% compared to December 31, 2009)

2.2 Export – import:

Export:  export turnover in August is US$ 585.8 million, up 2.4% against the previous month and in the first eight months is US$ 4510.1 million, gaining 64.1% of the plan, up 23.5% over the same period, including the turnover gained from:

Central enterprises: in August US$ 12.3 million, up 2.2% against the previous month and in the first eight months US$ 84.3 million, achieving 52.7% of the plan, up 10.3% over the same period

Local enterprises: in August US$ 28.9 million, up 1.9% against the previous month and in the first eight months US$ 217.5 million, achieving 55.6% of the plan, up 13.2% over the same period

Foreign invested enterprises: in August US$ 544.6 million, up 2.5% against the previous month and in the first eight months US$ 4208.2 million, achieving 64.8% of the plan, up 24.4% over the same period

Import: the turnover  in August is estimated at 715.45 million USD, up 1.4% against the previous month and in the first eight months US$ 5656.2 million, achieving 75.9% of the plan, up 42.8% over the same period including from central enterprises in August 3.71 million USD (up 0.7% against the previous month) in the first eight months 36.8 million USD (52.6% of the plan , up 10.2% over the same period), from local enterprises in August 7.7 million USD (up 1% against the previous month) in the first eight months 60.83 million USD (42% of the plan , up 11.9% over the same period), from foreign-invested enterprises in August 704.04 million USD (up 1.4% against the previous month) in the first eight months 5558.6 million USD (76.8% of the plan , up 43.5% over the same period). Local key import products are raw cashews, medicine and  tobacco feedstock

3.                  Transportation:

Freight volume and freight volume traffic in the first eight months is estimated at 18.531 million metric tons and 1,359.927.345 million metric tons per kilometer, rising 5.3% and 5.7% over the same period respectively, including: 184.9 thousand metric tons and 7562 thousand metric tons per kilometer from state transportation (up 3.3% and 3.9% respectively); 18,346.8 thousand metric tons and 1,352.365 thousand metric tons per kilometer from non-state transportation (up 5.3% and 5.7% respectively).

Freight volume passing through Dong Nai Port is estimated, in the first eight months, at 2088.6 thousand metric tons, going up 5.9% against the same period.

 Passenger volume and passenger volume traffic in the first eight months is estimated at 35.84 million persons amd 2075.265 million persons per kilometer, increasing 7.5% and 7.9% respectively, including: 4803 thousand persons and 168,110 thousand persons per km from state passenger transportation, up 2.4% and 2.6% respectively; 31,037.8  thousand persons amd 1,907,155 thousand persons per kilometer from non-state passenger transportation, increasing 8.3% and 8.4% respectively.

4.                  Development investment:

Total capital for investment and construction in the first eight months is around 20,098.9 bill. dongs, achieving 63.4% of the plan, up 19.3% over the same period.

5. Foreign investment attraction: the total newly registered and increasing capital, from the beginning of the year to August 19 2010, is US$ 593.9 million, achieving 39.6 percent of the year’s plan, up 22.9% times over the same period. This capital includes 30 new projects with the registered capital valued at US$ 59.3 mill and 48 capital increasing licenses with the supplement capital valued at US$ 534.6 million.

Up to August 19 2010, there are 1006 valid licenses whose registered capital is US$ 18.296 billion

6. Domestic Capital Attraction:

Total domestic investment capital via investment certificates is, in the first eight months, 28,267.8 bill. dongs (29 projects), 13.1 percent higher than planned, 60.7% as much as the same period. Up to August 19 2010, there are 249 domestic investment certificates whose registered capital is 135,599.4 bill. dongs.

7. Development of state enterprises:

Total capital registered from state business sectors, from the beginning of the year to August 2010, estimated at 13,062 bill. dongs (including the newly and increasing registered one), up 18.7% compared to the plan and up 40% compared to the same period. These enterprises include 1318 newly established ones, (91.7 percent compared to the same period with the total registered capital of 6434 bill. dongs and 362 turns of enterprises whose supplement capital is 6628 bill. dongs)

Up to this time, there are totally 11371 state enterprises in the province with the total registered capital of over 84,722 bill. dongs (including supplement registered capital)

II. Culture – Social affairs:

1/ Social welfares and policies:

In August, 8515 people were provided with jobs. Among them, 5000 people were sent to enterprises and 3515 people had jobs via socio-economic programs. In the whole eight months, this number is 66,132 people (gaining 77.8% of the plan, 93.7% as much as the same period).

Also in August, 2627 people were graduate from vocational training courses (down 361 people over the same period) and in the whole eight months, this number is 33,540 people in total (gaining 57.3% of the plan)

Poverty reduction work: In August, around 1900 turns of poor households are given loans worth some 23 bill.dongs

2/ External Affairs:

32 delegations with 123 people went on business or traveled for personal purposes in USA, Hong Kong, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, France, Thailand, Korea, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Canada and Japan

6 foreign delegations paid visit to the province for such purposes as organization of seminars or making reportage

Do duties on management of passports and those going abroad as assigned

3/ National Defense and Security:

Security and social order were basically maintained. Crime and social order were as follows:

Social order offence: criminal offence rose 23 cases compared to the previous month

Economic management offence fell 2 cases compared to the previous month

Environment protection offence fell 2 cases compared to the previous month

Road traffic accident occurred 23 cases, falling 4 cases, ; Railway accident happened 2 cases (the same compared to the previous month). The reason was the victim lay on the railway

Fire cases rose with 7 cases (up 5 cases); the main reason for fires is electric failures, carelessness in using fire,.

Explosion with 1 case, causing a damage of 1.5 bill.dongs

Above is the  overview of socio-economic situation in August and the first eight months

On Behalf of People’s Committee

For The Chairman

                                                                           Vice Chairman

                                                                          Dinh Quoc Thai

                                                                           (Signed)